Endogenous and synthetic microRNAs stimulate simultaneous, efficient, and localized regulation of multiple targets in diverse species

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1134-1151

  Alvarez, John Paul ^a,b   Pekker, Irena ^a   Goldshmidt, Alexander ^a   Blum, Eyal ^a   Amsellem, Ziva ^a   Eshed, Yuval ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LOCALIZED ABAXIAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHENOTYPIC ALTERATIONS; SYNTHETIC PRE-MIRNAS;

RNA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS; STIMULATION; TOMATOES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 33646185558     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.040725     Document Type: Article

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